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So the good news is that in order to put on nothing, the city does not require any permitting fees. This helps our budget immensely. Here is their official response to my inquiries about permitting, fees, and security. This is public record so there should be no issue with sharing the good news:RE: Tom Miller - "Instillation" of Nothing in the Downtown Plaza Hamm, Nigel 5/17/16

To: 'Tom Miller'Mr. Miller,

In order to put nothing in the lawn area of the plaza you don’t have to do anything. No permit is required and will cost you nothing. I will leave it up to you to determine if it is necessary to hire police or security to protect nothing. There is a permit required to do anything or nothing on the stage. Let me know if this answers your questions and if I can help you with anything else.